Composite combination for launching a payload into space

摘要

The combination comprises a hypersonic spacecraft (1) carrying the payload and designed to take off from the ground on an aircraft (2) and then to propel the payload on its own toward an assigned trajectory, the combination comprising means for separating the vehicle (1) from the aircraft (2). It further includes means (24, 25, 26) for measuring physical data operative in the evaluation of the safety of a phase of separation of the vehicle (1) and the aircraft (2) and means (20) for evaluating said safety of said phase to authorize or prohibit activation of the means for separation of the vehicle (1) and the aircraft (2).